Date: July 18, 2014Subject: RE: Letter of Request to Current Opinion in Pulmonary MedicineDear Professor Lemen,I just wanted to update you regarding the article by Bernstein. The journal will publish a correction to the conflicts of interest statement in the next issue while we continue to investigate and consider your request to retract the article “due to its bias, its scientifically flawed data, its selective literature review and its misrepresentation of facts…[and] because it contributes to harm to health”.Kind regardsIanIan BurgessGroup Publisher, Medical JournalsMedical Researchwww.wolterskluwer.com